Sign On Bonus Clawbacks, Overfunded 529s, & 1099 vs W-2 Jobs

Your $75K signing bonus might be a bug, not a feature. If there's a clawback, that money isn't really yours yet.

Dr. Jimmy Turner and Justin Harvey CFP tackle three listener questions: what to do with a physician signing bonus you might have to repay, what to do when a scholarship leaves your 529 overfunded, and whether leaving a W-2 job for 1099 work is worth it. Jimmy, who just made the W-2-to-1099 switch himself, gets candid about the workload nobody mentions.

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